RARE Mike Oldfield Platinum withdrawn Sally V 2141 B2?
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This is an excellent condition vinyl album of Platinum by Mike Oldfield. All the Record Collectors know that only 30,000 copies of this album were actually produced with the original SALLY song before it was withdrawn, the full story is shown here;- ""'Sally' was a song about Mike's feelings for his girlfriend Sally Cooper. Sung by Mike and Nico Ramsden, it contained the chorus "Sally, I'm just a gorilla, I'll say I'll love you ever more/Even an ape from Manila couldn't stop me knocking on your door". On hearing this, Virgin boss Richard Branson took an instant disliking to the song and demanded that it should be removed from the album, to be replaced by 'Into Wonderland' sung by Wendy Roberts (although when interviewed by David Porter in 1995, Wendy Roberts said she thought that the track which she recorded was called Sally, and knew nothing of what had gone on with the replacing of the original song). Some copies had already been pressed, so the early pressings of the LP contain the song Sally. All the rest contain Into Wonderland, although the album artwork was never updated, so the labels still say Sally (as do the CDs I've seen). The song contains various musical links with Punkadiddle. Some people with the original album feel that 'Sally' fits much better into the album than its replacement. For the song, Mike asked producer and engineer Tom Newman to disguise the voices of him and Nico Ramsden. Tom applied what's now known as 'telephonic' EQ (equalisation) to their voices. That is, he cut the bass and boosted the mid-range (called telephonic because it sounds a bit like it's coming down a telephone). Mike's ideas of disguising his voice continued through his early 80s albums, with his use of vocoders and other electronic gadgetry."" I have personally checked this album, and played it through, this is clearly SALLY with the original gorilla and ape chorus, and two voices which have been altered, the matrix number on the album are side 1 = V 2141 A1, side 2 V 2141 B2. As i say I have personally played the record through and it plays perfectly, there are a few superficial marks on the vinyl which don`t spoil the sound. I would grade the vinyl as very good, sleeve as very good++, and inner sleeve as excellent. I have given as much information as I possibly can about this record, if a Mike Oldfield collector knows any more please get in touch. I`m starting the album at 99p with the view that everyone should get a chance, I like an auction to be an auction in the true sense of the word. Postage to UK will be £3, by recorded delivery. Postage overseas will be £4.50 by airmail. I will provide extra insurance at my own cost if the price exceeds Royal Mail insurance. I will increase overseas mail to Airsure recorded delivery with insurance again at my expense if needs must. Best of luck please view my other items.
